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29th May 2014

A-Gas offers high spec CO2

[caption id="attachment_5583" align="alignright" width="400"] A-Gas technicians carry out tests on the new refrigerant[/caption] UK: With demand for “natural” refrigerants increasing, Bristol-based A-Gas has launched a…
28th May 2014

WR creditors may receive 1p in the pound

UK: WR Refrigeration’s unsecured creditors will only receive, at best, 1p in the £1, the administrator PWC has revealed. PWC’s first progress report also reveals…
28th May 2014

Klima-Therm targets growth

[caption id="attachment_5562" align="alignright" width="200"] Craig MacFadyen[/caption] [caption id="attachment_5564" align="alignright" width="200"] Evangelos Metaxas[/caption] UK: Klima-Therm, the Wimbledon-based air conditioning specialist, has announced two new appointments to…
28th May 2014

Industry welcomes air-source incentive

UK: The government’s announcement of the long overdue inclusion of air-source heat pumps in the Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive has been welcomed by industry. The…
28th May 2014

Balfour Beatty lands £180m contract

UK: Balfour Beatty has been given the job to deliver up to £180m of infrastructure works on Terminals 1, 2 and 4 for Heathrow Airport.…
27th May 2014

B&ES updates DW/144

UK: The Building & Engineering Services Association (B&ES) has published important updates to its ductwork specifications DW/144 and DW/143. DW/144: Specification for Sheet Metal Ductwork,…
27th May 2014

Ice Factory denied lottery funding

UK: The Great Grimsby Ice Factory Trust (GGIFT) has been unsuccessful in its bid for £11m of Heritage Lottery funding. The group has plans to…
21st May 2014

Fujitsu closes Wave Air Conditioning

UK: Japanese air conditioning manufacturer Fujitsu General is to close Wave Air Conditioning, the UK distributor it bought in 2009. The purchase of Wave was…
21st May 2014

Mitsubishi to sponsor Ebbsfleet United

[caption id="attachment_5363" align="alignright" width="400"] Getting shirty: (l to r) Dr Abdullah Al-Humaidi, chairman of Ebbsfleet United; Steve Fleming, national sales manager, Mitsubishi Electric; Peter Varney,…
20th May 2014

B&ES gift to sailing charity

[caption id="attachment_5312" align="alignright" width="300"] Daniel Ball (right) presents the B&ES cheque to Otley Sailing Club commodore Paul Karran (left). Also pictured is James, a pupil…
20th May 2014

McQuay offers free maintenance

UK: McQuayService is offering customers one year’s free maintenance on all scroll and screw chillers as part of its new customer care package. Mechanical, refrigerant,…
17th May 2014

Airedale wins Datacentre award

UK: Airedale won the Datacentre Energy Efficiency Product of the Year trophy for its SmartCool PAC system at Thursday night’s Data Centre Solutions Awards in…
16th May 2014

Top names honoured at NACRA Awards

UK: Two of the industry's top names were amongst the big winners at last night's National Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Awards at the deceptively ornate Birmingham…
15th May 2014

CDL offers online training

UK: Air conditioning distributor Cool Designs has launched an online video training programme to update engineers' skills. There are more than 20 titles available to…
14th May 2014

Carrier technology is right for Gist

UK: One of the UK’s largest distributors of chilled and ambient goods, Gist, has added longer semi-trailers (LSTs) to its fleet, each specified with Carrier…
13th May 2014

Contractors positive on growth

UK: The specialist sector experienced encouraging signs of growth in the first quarter of 2014 according to the latest NSCC State of Trade survey.  The…
9th May 2014

Mitsubishi launches ac apprenticeships

UK: Mitsubishi Electric has announced the launch of a new, national apprenticeship scheme to train the air conditioning engineers of the future. The scheme is…
6th May 2014

Parkes joins Airedale

[caption id="attachment_5104" align="alignright" width="300"] Andy Parkes[/caption] UK: Airedale International has appointed Andy Parkes as area sales engineer for the West Midlands. Andy Parkes, who joins…
6th May 2014

Hill Phoenix takes stake in Space Engineering

[caption id="attachment_5100" align="alignright" width="405"] The Danish Advansor CO2 refrigeration system is part of the Hill Phoenix portfolio[/caption] UK: US manufacturer Hill Phoenix has taken a…
1st May 2014

B&ES Wales raises £1,700 for charity

[caption id="attachment_5024" align="alignright" width="300"] B&ES president elect Andy Sneyd (left) and B&ES Wales chairman Andy Tonkin photographed during the event at the Vale Resort[/caption] UK:…
1st May 2014

Service-Tech opens Scottish office

UK: Service-Tech, a leading provider of air conditioning inspection services, has expanded into Scotland with a new office in Kirkcaldy, Fife. Although headquartered in Telford with…